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I may be off base here, but I recall a psych class I took in college talking about "anomic suicide." The word "anomie" is defined as "a state of society in which normative standards of behavior are absent or weak; also, the similar state in an individual, marked by disorientation, anxiety, and isolation."

Given that the socialist Left (in accordance with Marxist tactics) has destroyed the moral framework on which this society is built, it would seem logical that our normative standards of behavior are absent or weak. That in turn would lead to anomic individuals inclined to depression, hostility, or suicide.

It's probably simplistic to blame it all on the Left; technology has a way of disorienting behavior as well. But there is undoubtedly a concerted effort to dissolve the bonds we have with our past and our stabilizing traditions. So long as that is true, then how can we expect stability?

It's probably simplistic to blame it all on the Left; technology has a way of disorienting behavior as well.

Excellents points. Our children's (and adult) hunger for meaning also might come from the shallowness of modern society, both on the left and right. Modern men and women try to fill their hunger for the divine with material goods, career achievement, food/wine...and, after that fails to satisfy, sex, drugs and rock & roll.

Having personally tried the alternatives before at last realizing that only God can satisfy fully, I would have to say that God is awfully clever in giving us free reign before reeling us in to Himself. Pity Satan, who like Fifth Avenue shop windows, has all the glittering goods...that only leave a person hungrier after each purchase.

I saw Narnia last weekend and found it deeply satisfying and comforting.